The Influence of Stratification on Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling and Downwelling

几十年来，跨陆架水流的结构一直是沿海海洋学家感兴趣的问题，因为它决定了上涌水的来源深度。这个项目将测试一种新的想法，即层结的不同决定了上涌的水是来自底部边界层(在弱层结下)还是来自内部深度(在强层结下)。对现有数据集和数值模型的分析将被用来检验和进一步发展这一想法。该项目对其他对营养物质、幼虫或地球化学物质的运输感兴趣的沿海海洋学家具有重要的影响。

The structure of the cross-shelf flow has been of interest to coastal oceanographers for decades because it determines the depth at which upwelled water originates. This project will test a new idea that differences in stratification determine whether the upwelled water comes from bottom boundary layers (under weak stratification) or from interior depths (under strong stratification). Analysis of existing datasets and numerical models will be used to test and further develop this idea. This project has important implications to other coastal oceanographers interested in the transport of nutrients, larvae or geochemical materials.